Working mom sparks parenting debate when her entitled 27-year-old daughter demands a ride to her overnight job for over a year: ‘Now I am the taxi to work and back’

Moms love their children, but there are times when the 'light of your life' really grinds your gears. 

A similar sentiment boiled over onto Reddit when a mother drew a strong parenting boundary line with her 27-year-old daughter. After helping her daughter out in a pinch, this mom found herself beholden to her daughter's schedule. With both women living together, sharing a car, and working full-time jobs, tensions flared when the daughter started expecting rides to and from work. Normally, that would be no big deal for a parent, right? 

Except, the problem was, the daughter worked the night shift. 

She needed to be dropped off at work at midnight and picked up the next morning just before Mom's normal day shift. If ruined sleep schedules weren't enough to make this mom and daughter relationship feel the strain, the adult daughter doubled down on her entitlement, guilt-tripping her mom into maintaining a taxi driver schedule that was running her ragged. 

Should a parent be beholden to their kid's demands 10 years after they've graduated high school? In my opinion, if you've been an adult long enough to have your own health insurance, to do your own taxes, and have a real job where you receive a salary check from a boss, you shouldn't be begging mommy or daddy for a ride to the office. 

Grow up and figure it out; you're an adult. 

However, family situations, as always, are more nuanced than that. And as every parent understands, when your kid needs you, it does not matter how old they are, you're going to step into the void to do whatever is possible to help them. There's a point when that generosity turns into enablement. You can be the judge of this next situation after reading all of the details below. Was the mom in the right to continue driving her daughter to work? Or is it high time this adult woman learns how to use Uber, public transit, or a marketplace app to try and find an affordable means to get herself 2 miles down the street to work?